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Sept. 8, 2007Central women fifth, men fifth at Grinnell meet
OAKLAND ACRES—The Central College men’s and women’s cross country teams displayed some pack running at the Les Duke Invitational near Grinnell Saturday.
In a 10-team women’s field, the Dutch were fifth while the men were sixth out of 13 teams.
Morningside and Grinnell shared first place with 60 points. Simpson was third with 62, followed by Cornell with 79, Central with 91 and Coe with 170.
Central’s women had four runners within six place-finishes. Jess Clark (junior, Port Byron, Ill., Riverdale HS) was 14th in 24:47 on the 6,000-meter course. Amy Ledvina (sophomore, Toledo, South Tama HS) was 16th (24:51), Amber Mayer (sophomore, Essex, Shenandoah HS) was 17th (24:54), Angie Berry (sophomore, Norwalk) was 19th (24:56), Hannah Anderson (junior, Goodell, Garner-Hayfield HS) was 25th (25:20), Jennie Hufford (sophomore, Polk City, Ankeny HS) was 26th (25:28) and Molly Von Holten (freshman, Walnut, Ill., Bureau Valley HS) was 29th (25:36). There were 135 runners in the field.
Carleton (Minn.) edged Grinnell in the 8,000-meter men’s race, 46-48. Simpson was third with 108, followed by Coe with 163 and Central with 178.
Teddy Clark (junior, Montgomery, Ill., Oswego HS) was 25th in 28:17, a 15-second improvement over his time in last year’s Les Duke meet. Chase Ungs (senior, Ames, Gilbert HS) was 33rd (28:54), Austin Vondrocek (freshman, Swisher, Cedar Rapids Prairie HS) was 35th (29:00), Tyler Husak (junior, Montour, South Tama HS) was 41st (29:17), Derek Townsend (junior, Perry) was 58th (30:32) and Ben Bell (freshman, Davenport, Central HS) was 70th (31:23).
Complete results are available on the Central athletics Web site at www.central.edu/athletics.
After two weeks of competition, the Dutch take a break before their next race, the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational at Credit Island in Davenport. It’s likely the fastest course on the Central schedule and the site of several of the squad’s career-best times, but the Dutch haven’t competed there since 2005.